Improvement in folding-chairs



Ff. FABRI. FoldingChairs. NO. 133,576. Patented Dec:.3,1872.

figg?? rrnn STATES FRANCIS B. FABBI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,576, dated December3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANCIS B. FABRI, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Folding-Chair, of which thefollowing is a specication:

Figure l is a front view ot' my improved chair, showing 'it foldedtogether. Fig. 2 is a vertical section 'of the same' on the line c c,

i Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view, partly in sec- A in the drawing is thechair-seat, pivoted by projecting lugs or pins a a to the side bars ofthe chair-back B. The pins a, may, if desired, be made to project fromthe side bars of the chair-back into the seat, or vice versa. The lowerends of the side bars of the chairback are by pins b b pivoted to thesupportinglegs'G G. These legs are at their upper ends provided withprojecting hooks or pins d d that enter longitudinal grooves in theunder side of the chair-seat, and bear, when the chair is in positionfor use, against the front ends of such grooves, as shown iu Fig. 3.

The legs O stand inclined, as shown, thus providing, together with theback, double converging supports for each side of the seat.

The legs C are braced by short standards D D that are hanged to them ate and project forward, as shown in Fig. 3. This construction of chair iseminently practical, as every part aids in keeping the remainder inproper position.

When the chair is to be folded together the back is swung on the pivot bin line with the legs C. The hooks d are thereby withdrawn from thegrooves, liberating the seat, which can be folded against .the legs C,as in Fig. 2. Finally, the standards D are also folded against the legsC. The pins a a may be Amade up-and-down adjustable in grooves F of theside bars of the back to facilitate folding. The two legs C C areconnected together by one or more suitable run gs or crosspieces, y. Insimilar manner the two standards D are united as at l1..

Mare two arm-rests rigidly united to the side bars of the chair-back,and not intended to fold against the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent- A folding-chair having hooked diagonal legs C d,seat A, back B pivoted to said seat and to the diagonal legs C, andhinged sta-ndards D, arranged and put together substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

FRANCIS B. FABRI.

Witnesses C. SEDGWICK, T'. B. MosHER.

